WITH BOOKMAKERS WILLIAM HILL predicting that the World Cup will become the biggest betting event of all time with over Â£1billion gambled on the tournament, they have taken the largest single win bet on the tournament so far - Â£110,000 on France.
'A southern based William Hill telephone client has staked a bet of Â£55,000 each-way on France to win the World Cup at odds of 20/1 - and will make a profit of Â£1,650,000 if they do so - the biggest ever World Cup winnings' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.